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- Persian Shield Propagation (Strobinlanthus dyerianus) by The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape on Nov 24, 2009
Before the first frost of the fall I took a few cuttings of my Persian Shield (Strobinlanthus dyerianus) to hopefully overwinter it as a houseplant. This was the first year for Persian Shield in my garden and I've only seen it at one nursery around s...
- Oak Leaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) by The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape on Nov 7, 2009
I've been a fan of oak leaf hydrangeas (Hydrangea quercifolia) for a long time. The large oak shaped leaves and white flowering panicles are two of its best traits but in the fall its color changes are very nice too. The leaves change through a range...
- In the Garden of Sedum by The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape on Nov 2, 2009
It's no secret that we like sedums around here. In fact we even have one garden area completely devoted to housing the sedums. It rests between a sidewalk and the driveway where the summer sun unmercifully beats down upon anyone unlucky enough to be...
- Propagating Birch Trees Through Cuttings by The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape on Oct 14, 2009
One of my favorite trees is the river birch (Betula nigra). You can say what you want about it ~ it's short lived ~ bug prone ~ disease prone ~ but it has a soft, nearly feathery quality to its canopy that when combined with it's beautiful bark make...
- Saving Coleus Over Winter by The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape on Oct 9, 2009
Coleus (Solenostemon) is one of those lucky annuals that can be saved from a merciless death by frost and freeze. Coleus, which is actually a tropical perennial, can be kept indoors as a house plant then replanted outside in the spring once all dang...
- Propagating Beautyberry Through Cuttings by The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape on Oct 5, 2009
If you're looking for a plant that provides fall color in the form of berries as well as late season nourishment for the birds than look no further than the beautyberry (Callicarpa). Our beautyberry that we purchased in the spring is turning a deep p...
- Gaillardia 'Oranges and Lemons' by The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape on Sep 26, 2009
If there is one plant I intend to keep in my garden every year it would be a gaillardia and more specifically 'Oranges and Lemons'. 'Oranges and Lemons' gaillardia (blanket flower) is a prolific bloomer that gives a bright and sunny look to the pere...
